🌼 Cempasúchil (Marigold flowers) To further enhance your Day of the Dead altar, you could include the delicate 'cempasuchil' or marigold flowers, also known as 'flor de muerto.' ...

Day of the Dead traditions. Food, flowers and altars are necessary components of the celebration. To honor the deceased, foods such as sugar skulls, sweetbread rolls and beverages are arranged on ...

Marigold flowers (cempasúchil), believed to guide souls with their bright colors and strong scent Sugar skulls , which often bear the names of the deceased Pan de muerto (bread of the dead), a ...

The figure of La Catrina is also a part of Day of the Dead's history. La Catrina was a cartoon drawing by the illustrator Jose Guadalupe Posada around 1910, and her image was later turned into a ...

Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a two-day celebration that is meant to reunite the living and the dead, and is often viewed as a celebration of life for loved ones who have passed away ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – A Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) celebration is happening at a New York City cemetery on Friday. The Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn is hosting a Day of the Dead fami… ...

Day of the Dead began Oct. 31, to remember those humans who died in accidents; it continued Nov. 1 to mark those who died in childhood and then Nov. 2 to those who died as adults.

The often multi-layered alters honoring the dead are adorned with flowers and bright colors. Here’s what several metro Detroit businesses are doing to celebrate the Day of the Dead. La ...

While trick-or-treaters may have flooded Chicago streets on Halloween, many soon after began preparing to celebrate rich cultural tradition that originated in Mexico: Día de los Muertos.

Day of the Dead is an important festival held each year in South American countries, but especially in Mexico - you may have seen it in the movies Coco and The Book of Life.